Impact of parameterized lee wave drag on the energy budget of an eddying global ocean model

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-142

  Trossman, David S ^a   Arbic, Brian K ^a   Garner, Stephen T ^b   Goff, John A ^c   Jayne, Steven R ^d   Metzger, E Joseph ^e   Wallcraft, Alan J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abyssal hills; Drag; Energy budget; Lee wave; Momentum equations; Viscosity; Wind power input

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL HILLS; ENERGY BUDGETS; LEE WAVES; MOMENTUM EQUATION; WIND POWER INPUT;

BUDGET CONTROL; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DRAG; ENERGY DISSIPATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; VISCOSITY; WIND POWER;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

ABYSSAL HILL; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DRAG; EDDY; ENERGY BUDGET; LEE WAVE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; VISCOSITY; WIND FORCING;

EID: 84884933201     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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